Unemployment claims have been rising since bottoming in March this year, and have climbed back up, causing concern. By mid-July, initial unemployment claims had bounced back up to 262,000, their highest since last November. While new claims have retreated slightly, unemployment claims continue to remain elevated from their lows. The upward trend in new unemployment claims comes amid growing worry of recession. Meanwhile, new hires are stagnating in many sectors, and some have instituted layoffs, particularly tech and real estate.
With a volatile stock market and a slowing economy, technology companies are easing and even freezing hiring and in some cases conducting layoffs. From an optimistic perspective, layoffs are not at the high levels they were during the pandemic; but in concert with growing unemployment claims, this could foreshadow a much more serious economic slowdown and coming recession.
The risk of loss in trading commodities can be substantial. You should therefore carefully consider whether such trading is suitable for you in light of your financial condition. The high degree of leverage that is often obtainable in commodity trading can work against you as well as for you. The use of leverage can lead to large losses as well as gains. In some cases, managed commodity accounts are subject to substantial charges for management and advisory fees. It may be necessary for those accounts that are subject to these charges to make substantial trading profits to avoid depletion or exhaustion of their assets.
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